Midas and the hump - What age/size???

[darthodo]

Ken Davis at fishfarm has some good cits. I'd check his stock out too.

 

[darthodo]

Your Trimac is very nice in your avatar.

Thanks. He is a little bigger now.

 

[Deepsouth]

Ken Davis at fishfarm has some good cits. I'd check his stock out too.

The one in the picture was ordered from him about a year back. He was ordered as a male, but I'm thinking he may have been too small back then to sex. I ordered a male and female from Jeff Rapps about an hour ago. Hopefully they will turn out ok.

 

[Deepsouth]

I have a pair from Jeff Rapps and myself and Blue Demp are testing some theories as far as the hump is concerned. From what we are seeing males seem to have larger humps without the females or when around other fish(Midas or otherwise). My Male's hump varies and it seems the more content him and my past males have been, the smaller the hump has been. My female does have a hump that stays consistent while my past Rapps female did not. The male in my avatar's hump was largest without a female and when he was alone. Then when I bred him it shrunk as he seemed to be more content as a father. I Think it is a combinations of things. Genitics and Temperment at the time would most likeluy be the biggest factors. We got a face book group and I think I am going to start the study harder on there. Feel free to join. Here is the most rescent Video. Male is now over 7" and female is 6 1/2". I am most likely going to seperate them because I want them to grow more and for his hump to develop more.

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I would like to, but I don't have a facebook account.

 

[SpeshulEd]

I got this guy in May...

Here's an old photo of him when he was still pretty young

Right now he's in a 120g with a Jag of similar size, a common plec, and 12" TSN.

To be honest, I think the hump goes into remission a bit when he gets lazy, but when the jag and him get into it, it seems to get bigger. Almost like a dominance thing.

 

[dro209]

my midas hump seemed like it appered out of nowhere, woke up one morning n it seemed like it almost doubled in size(im sure im goin a lil overboard) its about 3.5-4 inchs

 

[Deepsouth]

Nice. Who did you get him from?

 

[Burtle]

I figured humps are mainly for show.
Allows the fish to appear "bigger".
Whether it be used to intimidate others or attract females.
Mines was constantly swelling and deflating till around 10".
Now it keeps a constant size, sometimes swelling up after waterchange.

It also HAS to get larger with age.
Or else itd just explode from all that knowledge and wisdom being stored in there...

 

[Deepsouth]

Man you guys have some sick Midas. I'm a tad envious.

 

[Ramcharger]

I have found that the size of the hump can changes daily with mood temp etc...
Here's a couple shots of my old male couple of weeks apart